TY - BOOK AU - Ferrante,Elena AU - Goldstein,Ann TI - My brilliant friend SN - 9781609450786 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Europa Editions KW - Fiction KW - Friendship KW - Relationships KW - Naples (Italy) N1 - "Book one: childhood, adolescence" - title page. This is book one of the "Neapolitan novels" by Elena Ferrante N2 - A modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante's inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighbourhood, a city and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her two protagonists ER -